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Chevron Baby Blanket

If you lived through the 60s and 70s perhaps you have vivid memories of a chevron afghan. Perhaps you appreciated it at the time; were indifferent to it in the 80s; despised it in the 90s; and have developed a deep affection for it over the past decade, itchy acrylic, zany colors and all!

This knitted Chevron Baby Blanket makes some accommodations both for modernity and for babies. Instead of hard-to-cuddle acrylic, this 100% cotton blanket is as deep and soft and cozy as a cloud. And instead of fast food orange and kitchen appliance avocado, this version is a delicate spectrum of natural colors just right for babies!

The next generation of chevron blankets starts with Blue Sky Cotton. Loosely spun into a uniquely cozy cotton, this is one of our very favorite baby blanket yarns. For delicate skin, it’s non-allergenic cotton, and for busy parents, it’s machine washable (yay!).

Dandelion

These colors, from the top, are Lemongrass, Lemonade, Bone, Tulip, Drift, Sleet, and Graphite.

Sky

These colors, from the top, are Indigo, Mediterranean, Caribbean, Tulip, Drift, Sleet and Ash.

The Pattern

Gauge

3 stitches = 1 inch in garter stitch with yarn doubled

Finished Size

26 x 33 inches

Notes

For this pattern you’ll use the Blue Sky Cotton doubled. The best way to double yarn is to pull one strand from the inside of the ball and one strand from the outside. If you don’t have a swift and ball winder to wind a center-pull ball, never fear, you can do it by hand! Click here for a great video that shows you how!

If you want to change the sizing or use this stitch pattern for a different project, just cast on a multiple of 14 plus 2 stitches.

Begin

With the Lemongrass (doubled!), cast on 100 stitches. (Try not to leave too long a tail when you cast on. You’ll probably need the entire skein to finish the first stripe. If you end up one row short at this point, don’t worry! No one will notice!)

Repeat Rows 1 and 2 until you have knit the entire skein (which should be nine more times).***

Change to the Lemonade color and repeat from ** to ***.

Knit until the skein runs out, making sure to end on the same side you finished the Dark Chocolate. In other words, all of the tails (except, perhaps, the cast on tail) will be along the same selvage, and the first row of every color will be on the “right side” of the blanket and you will end each color on the “wrong side”.

Continuing…

– See more at: http://www.purlbee.com/2013/01/06/whits-knits-super-easy-lap-blanket/#sthash.egI5gAaD.dpuf

Change to the Bone color and repeat from ** to ***.

Knit until the skein runs out, making sure to end on the same side you finished the Dark Chocolate. In other words, all of the tails (except, perhaps, the cast on tail) will be along the same selvage, and the first row of every color will be on the “right side” of the blanket and you will end each color on the “wrong side”.

Continuing…

– See more at: http://www.purlbee.com/2013/01/06/whits-knits-super-easy-lap-blanket/#sthash.egI5gAaD.dpufChange to the Bone color and repeat from ** to ***.

Make sure to end the third color (Bone) on the same side you finished the second color (Lemonade). In other words, all of the tails (except, perhaps, the cast on tail) will be along the same selvage, and the first row of every color will be on the “right side” of the blanket and you will end each color on the “wrong side”.

Continue in this pattern for the next three colors, ending each skein with a wrong side row and changing colors on the right side. The next color will be Tulip, followed by Drift, and then Sleet.

For the final color (Graphite), repeat Rows 1 and 2 until you have about 8 yards of yarn left (or nine times). Work Row 1 one more time.

Bind Off Row: Bind off 5 stitches, *(knit into the next stitch and leave the stitch on the left needle, bind off 1 stitch, knit into the back of the stitch, let the stitch off the left needle, bind off 1 stitch) 2 times, bind off 10 stitches, repeat from * to last 8 stitches, (knit into the next stitch and leave the stitch on the left needle, bind off 1 stitch, knit into the back of the stitch, let the stitch off the left needle, bind off 1 stitch) 2 times, bind off 6 stitches, pull the yarn through the last stitch.

232 Responses to Chevron Baby Blanket

Do you mind helping with color choice? I am making 2 blankets for boy/girl twins. The color palate for their room is denim, orange and deep red. I would like the blankets to co-ordinate, but also want one to be very much for a girl, and one very much for a boy. Any suggestions? Help! and thanks! I can't get enough of your beautiful web site!

Sure, we love assignments like this! Here's what we came up with for the girl version: True Red, Poppy, Dandelion, Lemonade, Drift, Sleet and Ash. And for the boy: Indigo, Periwinkle, Sky, Drift, Tulip, Dandelion and Poppy.

Or, if you feel like you want to talk in person to someone who has eyes on the yarn, please feel free to call either our New York City store or our California warehouse. This link has the phone numbers and hours: http://www.purlsoho.com/purl/contact

Thanks so much for your question; we're all very excited about twin Chevron Blankets!

I’ve started this blanket and I’m getting the correct gauge. However, I’m finished with the first skein and have only completed 16 rows (4.5 inches). Do I just continue with the other colors at 16 rows ? Should I add an eighth color? Thanks for your help. Love the pattern.

I’d see where you get with the next color. Since you’re not casting on, you may be able to get to 18 rows, and if so, you’ll be able to make a visual determination about whether to stop at 16 or go on to 18.

As far as adding an eighth color goes, I don’t think that will be necessary, since you’re on track for a 31 1 /2 inch blanket, which is only an 1 1/2 short!

I hope this helps. Please let know if you have any other questions along the way!

I am just finishing up my second baby blanket in this pattern (on the last stripe). Per your suggestion I used Thistle, Orchid, Shell and Tulip but I repeated Shell, Orchid and Thistle….It has turned out beautiful……

I am now looking to make another one for my niece and the colors that have been picked for the baby are coral and mint…..Blue Sky Alpaca does not have a good coral. I saw that Spud & Chloe Outer was suggested as a substitute. Outer has the coral but not the mint…… Do you have another suggestion for a yarn to substitute the Blue Sky? Your suggestions are much appreciated…..Thank you!!

I hope this helps! Please let us know if you have any more questions and also feel free to call our store if you want to talk to someone who has eyes on the actual yarn (212 420-8796). Thanks for your question and for making our blanket… three times!

Hello,
I’m a fairly new knitter and I have had no trouble completing most of this project. I am at the binding off point and I could use some help. I don’t want to mess it up after I’ve done so well! Could someone please explain to me what I am supposed to do in order to bind off? I’m having a little trouble understanding the instructions as like I said I’m fairly new at this! Thank you

The bind off for this blanket is definitely not standard (I adapted a regular bind off for this particular stitch pattern), but maybe it won’t seem as intimidating once you understand the concept. The idea is that you continue in the same pattern you have been knitting all along, while simultaneously binding off. In other words, you’ll continue to make your kfb’s at the same time you bind off. Try following the instructions very deliberately, step by step, keeping in mind that it’s just a variation of a regular bind off, and hopefully you’ll get it!

Please let us know if you’re still having trouble and we’ll do everything we can to get that blanket off your needles! Thanks so much for your question and good luck!

I’m almost finished with this blanket for one of my twin g’daughters – used pink parfait, shell, bone, tulip,sleet, orchid and thistle. I’d like to make a second blanket using the same colors but a different pattern. Thinking about the Super Easy Blanket. If I use the same Blue Sky Cotton, and I guess single strand, will I get the gauge recommended for the pattern? Any help much appreciated!

Hello,
I’ve finished the first 2 colours of the “Dandelion Kit”. Once I got to the 3 colour (Bone) I ran out of yarn on my last (Row 2) row. It says in the description (under “Begin”) that if you end up one row short that this is no problem since no one will notice! Well that’s not true because you do notice! I continued with “Tulip” and you see the yarn change on the right side of the blanket which is unacceptable. My only option is to either to go back to the very start (which sounds ridiculous)and work 2 less rows per colour in order to end up with even stripes or order another skein of “Bone” to finish the last 50 stiches I had left to do in that colour. I do like the yarn and the pattern but I think it’s quite the thrill to work with since you don’t really know if you can finish a stripe or not which is disappointing when you learn that you run out of yarn. I had very little yarn left when I completed the first two stripes and by all means I’m not a loose knitter. In my opinion there should be a comfortable amount of yarn to finish a stripe or the pattern should be altered.

I’m sorry you’re having problems! You have made me realize that in the pattern I took for granted something that beginner knitters might not know, which is that you need to change colors with the same side facing you each time. If you don’t, you will end up with that unsightly yarn change on the right side of your work. I have updated the pattern with more in-depth instructions on this point.

So, most of your problems will be solved by taking out just one row of the Bone and starting the Tulip one row sooner. This one row difference in stripe heights will be hardly noticeable once you have made the change on the proper side.

Thank you for asking (and for illuminating a way to improve the pattern) and please let us know if you have any other questions!
Whitney

However, since the Blue Sky Worsted Cotton is about 15 yards shorter than the Worsted Twist, you may want to cast on 134 stitches instead of 138 to make sure that, if you use an entire skein for each stripe, your blanket comes out properly proportioned. In this regard, it’s also important to get the same gauge of 4 1/2 stitches to the inch in garter stitch.

I hope this helps! Please let us know if you have any other questions and thanks so much for this one!

I really don’t know why but i’m having trouble to get this pattern right. I usually don’t have trouble doing other patterns, but for some unknown reason this defeats me. I would really like to make this Chevron pattern . With the 2nd row were it says k6 kfb is that knit into the next stitch twice or is it done over 2 stitches
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If I were to bind off on Row 1, how will I bind off?
I don’t have enough yarn to do Row 1 and bind off on row 2.
Thank you.
I love this blanket and when I am finished I’ll post a picture in the blue color.
Patty

Hello! I love this pattern, and the sky blue colors are amazing! I see that this is for a baby blanket, what would you recommend for making this larger (adult sized)? double the skeins and make each color twice as wide? Also, could you help me with a color scheme that’s more emerald and teal? Thank you!

For row one you have “**Row 1 (right side): K1, ssk, *k10, k2tog, ssk, repeat from * to last 13 stitches, k10, k2tog, k1. (86 stitches)”. But if you repeat from * you end up with 87 stitches. Am I supposed to drop the last ssk to do the last 13 stitches and end up with 86.

No, you don’t need to drop the last ssk to make the stitch count turn out correctly. You should follow the pattern as written. Here’s a breakdown:

Starting with 100 stitches, you k1, ssk, and you’re down to 97 stitches remaining. You then repeat [k10, k2tog, ssk] six times, which is 14 stitches x 6 = 84 stitches, so now you’re down to 97- 84 = 13 stitches. And then you complete the row with k10, k2tog, k1.

Perhaps you missed the first k1, ssk?

Thanks for your question, and please let us know if you’re still stuck. We’ll be happy to get you unstuck!

I don’t know of any videos, since this is a bind off I developed for this particular stitch pattern!

I’d suggest reading through all of these comments here, because I have explained the bind off in several different ways for several different readers. And I will also reiterate here for you that the general concept of the bind off is that it happens as you work in the same increase pattern you have been working, only now you bind off as you do it.

I hope these suggestions help you finish your blanket, and we will certainly add this video to our list of videos-to-make!

Unfortunately we don’t have a video of this. It may seem confusing but casting on a double strand is exactly the same as casting on normally. Simply treat the two strands as one and cast on as you normally would!

I’d go back to the beginning of Row 1 and bind off on that row. Make sure to work in pattern as you bind off (i.e. make the decreases). Don’t worry too much about being one row short; you may not even notice it in the end!

I have a question. I have decided to not double the yarn instead I want to add extra stitches to make it wider. The pattern calls for adding a multiple of 14 + 2. I am confused if I just add 42 + 2 = 44 or 42 + 6 = 48 for 3 the 3 additional stitch patterns I want to add.
I also want to know how the 2 figures into the pattern. Do i knit just the same as the pattern? Thanks

The total cast on number needs to be a multiple of 14 plus 2. The original pattern has you cast on 100 stitches (14 X 7= 98 + 2= 100) So if you’d like to add more repeats just add a multiple of 14 since the 2 is already accounted for. It sounds like you should cast on 142 stitches. You can follow the pattern just as written.

Thank you for the beautiful pattern. I slightly changed the color scheme to incorporate a little pink. I was nervous about it, but loved how it turned out. Also, the Blue Sky Cotton is so cozy. Thanks again! I can’t wait to give this to my sister at her baby shower

do you have to “double” the yarn to do this pattern? What will happen if I don’t? I have made 2 other blankets (very new knitter) and would like to try this one but not sure I can attempt knitting with 2 strands…1 is difficult enough..

Yes, this is knit with two strands held together as one. It’s not difficult, you just treat the two strands and one! If you made this without doubling the yarn it would be very loose and open and not very cozy.

Kerry, I made one last year and I’m about to cast on my second one. I didn’t double the yarn, but to make a tighter, more substantial knit I used a smaller needle size, say a 9 or 10 depending on if you are a tight knitter. I also wanted a smaller blanket that is easier to use in a car seat, etc. Once I did a swatch, I calculated how much I would have to cast on to get my width and how many rows of each color to get my depth.

Julie…how did you calculate how deep the rows would be? I live in Dubai and don’t need a double yarn blanket as it will be too thick to use very often. I tested a few needle sizes and have set it at 5mm which gives me 3.5 st for an inch (When I tested the gauge with the double using the 8mm I actually got a little less than a perfect 3 stitches to the inch). I did the calculation for the width to get how many stitches (3.5st x 32=112. 14×8=112+2=114 CO stitches). I am worried about having enough yarn for the depth of each row). Can you give me more direction so I don’t risk having to start and then pulling it apart and starting again?

This blanket is 33-inches long with 7 bands of color so each band is approximately 4.75 inches deep. It is very difficult to calculate how much area a given skein will yield so I would recommend getting more yarn than you think you need.

I hope this answers your questions! Please let me know if you need any more help.

This is a great pattern for a gender neutral baby blanket! One of our original colorway actually has light green and yellow included – it’s called Dandelion! The green and yellow are called Lemongrass and Lemonade.

Thanks so much for editing your comment, Molly! I was pretty sure that it was to be worked over two stitches, but your original reply had me thinking it was four knits into ONE stitch!! So happy you revisited this! I plan to order my yarns as soon as we learn the sex of the baby to be that I am making this for.

The cotton used for this doesn’t have any specific “Peach” colors, but here is a colorway that seems like it would go well with the room: Try Indigo, Mediterranean, Azul, Bone, Dandelion, Pink Panther, and Shell.

Hello! I will be knitting my adult daughter an afghan and she has chosen this pattern. If possible I would like to have the pattern adapted for an adult size. The colors are lovely but I do not particularly enjoy knitting with cotton. Is it possible to create it with regular worsted yarn? If so, can you suggest a brand and complimentary colors? I enjoy using Caron yarns but am open to something else. I have no problem knitting with two strands. This pattern has some stitches I have never used but I am eager to learn them.

You can certainly knit this pattern with any worsted weight yarn held double! If you’d like to make the pattern larger, just remember to use any multiple of 14 stitches plus 2 extra stitches for your cast on. You might want to try out our Purl Soho Worsted Twist!

Love the chevron blanket. I want to make it for my niece’s baby girl, who will be named Ruby. I wanted to go from True red ( Ruby) through pinks to gray, but need some help in deciding which colors to use. Please put something together for me that is wonderful!

I made the dandelion for my daughter, love it. Her best friend is expecting a girl, the color of her room is navy blue and white. The mom also likes green, any suggestion for color combinations.
Thank you.

Although we used circular needles for this project, we knit the blanket flat, meaning back in forth in rows, turning the work at the end of each row. The reason we sometimes use circular needles for flat knitting is to accommodate a lot of stitches. Cramming a blanket’s worth of stitches onto long straight needles can be pretty cumbersome and sometimes even, impossible. To use circular needles for knitting flat you simply finish a row, turn the work so the other side is facing you and put the needle that was in your right hand into your left hand and the needle that was in your left hand into your right hand, ready to go on the next row!

By the way, once you get the hang of it, you may find that you never use straight needles again, even for projects without so many stitches. Circular needles are just easier to keep track of (no losing one in the cushions of your couch!), and they never poke the person sitting next to you!

Thanks so much for asking! Please let us know if you have any more questions on this subject or any other!

Hello, thank you for the lovely tutorial. After about a year, I finally finished this blanket. I don’t have experience with weaving in the loose yarn to finish the blanket, so I’m hoping for some guidance as to which weaving in method would be best. I looked at your tutorials and am not sure which to use. I’m wondering that since this is a somewhat loose knit piece that my weaving in will come out and the blanket will fall apart. any help much appreciated.

And doing either the duplicate stitch or horizontal methods. Your blanket will not fall apart if you weave in your ends with any method. The ends themselves may pop out occasionally and may need to be woven back in every now and again, but this won’t lead to anything falling apart!

I have made this blanket several times in different colors and just love it! Thanks for the awesome pattern! I have a question about the yarn, though. In the past I did not block this blanket, but I love blocking now and want to block the one I am making with the blue colors shown above. I am nervous that the blue colors will bleed into the lighter colors. Have you ever washed this yarn or gotten it wet? Does the dye bleed?

I think you should be fine! This yarn is hand washable and shouldn’t bleed. If you want to be extra careful you could do a little test where you soak a strand of the blue yarn with a strand of the white to double check that it doesn’t bleed.

Although the Blue Sky Worsted Cotton recommends hand wash only, we have had success washing it in a machine on a delicate cycle. As for alternative yarns, both Anzula’s For Better or Worsted and Madelinetosh’s Merino would be fantastic options for machine washable yarns.

A girly color way in Anzula’s For Better or Worsted could be – Hyacinth, Raspberry, Mauve, Au Natural, Gravity, Elephant, Charcoal.

I’m loving this blanket! I’ve read the older comments about how the blue sky cotton is machine washable, despite what the tag says. I’m planning on putting it in the washing machine on the delicate cycle but I’m wondering about drying it. can I put it in the dryer on extra low or should I let it air dry?

In order to avoid any unwanted shrinking, we recommend that you lay it flat to dry. It should totally be fine in the machine on delicate cycle! If you’re worried about any color bleeding, make sure to include a Shout Color Catcher in the cycle. So happy that you enjoyed this pattern! Happy knitting!

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